LE HAVRE. Nîmes tops Le Havre 1-0 after Y. Benrahou scored a penalty (45′). Le Havre was truly better in terms of ball possession (67%).
The match was played at the Stade Océane stadium in Le Havre on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Legat with the collaboration of Michel Dolmadjian and Paul Cravo. The 4th official was Jacques Salze. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 9.5 degrees Celsius or 49.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Le Havre was in firm control of the ball 67% while Nîmes was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Le Havre was putting more pressure with 109 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 10 were on target. Nevertheless, Nîmes succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Le Havre shot 18 times, 10 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nîmes shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Le Havre didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Nîmes received 2 yellow cards (L. Fomba and K. Guessoum).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Le Havre will stay with 41 points to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Nîmes will have 39 points to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Le Havre will play away with Dijon on the 15th of March with a 9-5 head to head stats in favor of Le Havre (5 draws).
Nîmes will host Auxerre on the 15th of March with a 6-3 head to head statistic in favor of Auxerre (4 draws).
Le Havre – Formation
Le Havre
86'
Le Havre started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Paul Le Guen decided to play with the following team: Yahia Fofana , Thierno Balde , Arouna Sangante , Pierre Gibaud , Abdelwahed Wahib , Victor Lekhal , Quentin Cornette , Jean-Pascal Fontaine , Himad Abdelli , Nabil Alioui and Matthis Abline .
The home team had on the bench: Alexandre Bonnet , Jamal Thiaré , Abdoullah Ba , Mathieu Gorgelin, Ayman Ben Mohamed , Amir Richardson and Nolan Mbemba .
Substitutions
Le Havre made 5 changes: J. Fontaine for J. Thiare (64′), H. Abdelli for A. Ba (72′), N. Alioui for A. Bonnet (72′), A. Wahid for M. A. Ben (86′) and T. Balde for N. Mbemba (86′).
Best player: Himad Abdelli
The player that probably impressed the most for Le Havre was Himad Abdelli.
His rating is with 50 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.
Nîmes – Formation
Nîmes
75'
45'
Nîmes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Nicolas Usaï played with: Per Kristian Bråtveit , Gaëtan Paquiez , Kelyan Guessoum , Pablo Martinez , Theo Sainte Luce , Lamine Fomba , Andrés Cubas , Zinedine Ferhat , Yassine Benrahou , Niclas Eliasson and Moussa Koné .
They had on the bench: Scotty Sadzoute, Elías Már Ómarsson , Naomichi Ueda, Antoine Valerio , Mamadou Moustapha Mbow, Amjhad Nazih and Julien Ponceau .
Nîmes could not rely on the presence of A. Valerio (injured).
Substitutions
Nîmes made 3 changes: Y. Benrahou for J. Ponceau (69′), M. Kone for E. Omarsson (69′) and Z. Ferhat for A. Valerio (83′).
Best player: Andrés Cubas
The player that probably impressed the most for Nîmes was Andrés Cubas even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 36 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Paris – Niort – 2-0
- Valenciennes – Dijon – 0-0
- Le Havre – Nîmes – 0-1
- Guingamp – Quevilly Rouen – 1-1
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Rodez – 0-0
- Auxerre – Sochaux – 3-2
- Dunkerque – Pau – 1-0
- Caen – Toulouse – 4-1
- Amiens SC – Nancy – 1-0
- Ajaccio – Bastia – 0-1
